Essays about: "Anna Sointula"

Found 2 essays containing the words Anna Sointula.

1. 1. A Place of Passage : Disturbed burials and dispersed human bone remains from the Mid-Neolithic burial ground at Ajvide on Gotland

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Anna Sointula; [2023]
   Keywords : Secondary treatment; human bone remains; absent craniums; dispersed bone fragments; ‘skull cult’; burial rituals; CA; Middle Neolithic period; PWC; Gotland.; Sekundär behandling; mänskliga skelettrester; saknade kranier; spridda benfragment; ‘skallkult’; begravningsritual; KA; Mellanneolitikum; GRK; Gotland.;

   Abstract : The Mid-Neolithic site of Ajvide on the Baltic Island of Gotland comprises the burials of 89 individuals within 85 separate burial contexts (Österholm 2008). Some of these individuals were detected with absent skeletal elements, such as the cranium, which have been believed to be represented by the considerable number of dispersed human bone fragments discovered from the site (Burenhult 2002: 33, see also Lundén 2012). READ MORE

3. 2. Ancient Human Reconstructions and aDNA : Is there an ethical dilemma?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Anna Sointula; [2020]
   Keywords : Human and Facial reconstructions; Ethics; Ethnicity; Race; Cultural identity; Archaeogenetics; aDNA; Människo och ansiktsrekonstruktioner; Etik; Etnisitet; Ras; Kulturell Identitet; Arkeogenetik; aDNA;

   Abstract : In recent years, archaeogenetic studies have been widely discussed in popular media and they have raised many questions, especially regarding cultural identity and ethnicity. This thesis discusses reconstructions based on ancient human remains and how they are related to the current academic hegemony and political circumstances in Europe. READ MORE